Declassified 584329 217014028 2008-06-04T06:37:26Z ImageRemovalBot 4851336 Removing deleted [[:Image:DCL2 6 6.jpg|image]] {{infobox television | | show_name = Declassified | image = <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:DCL2 6 6.jpg|right|Declassified Title Image]] --> | caption = The ''Declassifed'' logo as seen on the [http://www.tenworlds.com Ten Worlds] website. | rating = {{TV-PG}} | format = [[Documentary film|Documentary]] | runtime = 45&nbsp;– 50 minutes | creator = [[Kosh (art director)|Kosh]]<br>Susan Shearer<br>John J. Flynn | starring = | narrated = John J. Flynn | country = {{USA}} | network = [[History Channel|The History Channel]] | first_aired =[[January 5]][[2006]] | | num_episodes = [[List of Declassified episodes|13]] |}} :''For the Nickelodeon TV show, see [[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]].'' '''''Declassified''''' is a television series produced by Ten Worlds Productions on [[The History Channel]] that originally aired on [[November 9]], [[2004]]. The series takes viewers inside vaults and archives around the world to reveal the untold stories of modern history. With the fall of the [[Iron Curtain]] and the advent of market economies worldwide, new footage and materials are flooding out of formerly secret organizations like [[East Germany]]'s [[Stasi]], the [[Kremlin]], the [[CIA]], and state television in [[Korea]]. Declassified reveals the stories behind the previously-unseen footage with relentless, fast-cut montage and a rock beat. ''Declassified'' fuses modern graphics and editing, story-telling, rock music and expert interviews to bring to light the thrilling and secret tales of our modern era. The show's director [[Kosh (art director)|Kosh]], winner of three [[Grammy Awards]], is the former creative director for [[Apple Records]] and designer for [[the Beatles]] and [[Eagles]]. Produced and created by Susan Shearer, John J. Flynn and Kosh. Executive produced by Carl Lindahl for the History Channel. ==Episodes== As of [[February 2006]] there are 13 episodes of the show in addition to the pilot. ===Season 1: 2006=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Title Graphic !! width="350"|Title !! width="120"|Original Airdate !! width="60"|Production Code |- |rowspan="2"|<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:DCL2 6 6.jpg|100px]] -->|| "Declassified: The Rise and Fall of the Wall" || [[July 14]], [[2004]] ||align="center"| PILOT (1.1) |- |colspan="4"| For three decades, it symbolized the chasm between East and West, a constantly-simmering focal point of the [[Cold War]]. But on [[November 9]] [[1989]], the long-oppressed citizens of East Berlin broke the first chink in its 96 miles of concrete and barbed wire, signaling the start of one of history's most dramatic political transformations. |- |colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes --> |- |rowspan="2"|[[Image:DclTalibanSm.jpg|100px]] || "Declassified: The Taliban" || [[January 5]], [[2006]] ||align="center"| (1.2) |- |colspan="4"| To the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]], [[Afghanistan]] was always a pawn in a much bigger game. First the [[Soviets]] bought them off and then the U.S. sent in arms. The [[Russians]] sent in troops and we sent in the [[CIA]] to train the [[Mujahedin]] to kill the Russians. But then came the [[Taliban]] and the pawns started moving on their own. We'll mine the guarded vaults and archives around the world to reveal the untold story of how the pieces turned on the players and the [[jihad]] came to [[Kabul]] and the streets of [[New York]]. |- |colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes --> |- |rowspan="2"|[[Image:DclJohnLennon.jpg|100px]] || "Declassified: John Lennon" || [[January 12]], [[2006]] ||align="center"| (1.3) |- |colspan="4"| [[John Kerry]] and [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] both made the list, but so did one very famous Brit--[[John Lennon]]. From 1956 to 1971, the [[FBI]] reacted to social changes such as the [[Civil Rights Movement]] with a sweeping counter intelligence program, inelegantly dubbed [[COINTELPRO]]. Using information obtained under the [[Freedom of Information Act]], this program details how John, his family and his friends were affected by the FBI's attentions. |- |colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes --> |- |rowspan="2"|[[Image:DclTiannamenSquare.jpg|100px]] || "Declassified: Tiananmen Square" || [[January 19]], [[2006]] ||align="center"| (1.4) |- |colspan="4"| The famed demonstrations in [[Beijing]]'s [[Tiananmen Square]] started out as [[China]]'s answer to [[Woodstock Festival|Woodstock]], but ended like [[Kent State shooting|Kent State]]. |- |colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes --> |- |rowspan="2"|[[Image:DclLindbergh.jpg|100px]] || "Declassified: Lindbergh" || [[January 26]], [[2006]] ||align="center"| (1.5) |- |colspan="4"| There are some heroes whose place in history is so firm that few revelations could threaten it. But in the years between, [[Charles Lindbergh]] won the favor of the most reviled government of the 20th century, [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[Germany]]. |- |colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes --> |- |rowspan="2"|[[Image:DclStalin.jpg|100px]] || "Declassified: Joseph Stalin" || [[February 2]], [[2006]] ||align="center"| (1.6) |- |colspan="4"| [[Joseph Stalin]] remains a powerful and dark figure even 50 years after his death. His legacy as a personification of evil in the 20th century rivals [[Adolf Hitler]]'s. Using newly unearthed materials and testimony, the episode reveals a never-before-seen Stalin. |- |colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes --> |- |rowspan="2"|[[Image:DclCadtro.jpg|100px]] || "Declassified: Castro the Survivor" || [[February 9]], [[2006]] ||align="center"| (1.7) |- |colspan="4"| Despite the best efforts of the [[U.S.]] government, legal and illegal, [[Fidel Castro]] still rules in [[Havana]]. The target of a protracted series of [[assassination]] attempts, he survived them all. |- |colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes --> |- |rowspan="2"|[[Image:DclVietCong.jpg|100px]] || "Declassified: Viet Cong" || [[February 16]], [[2006]] ||align="center"| (1.8) |- |colspan="4"| From hidden tunnel cities deep in the jungle, the [[Viet Cong]] launched operations that were terrifying in their ingenuity, savagery, and persistence. U.S. commanders made the mistake of fighting this battle as they had fought [[World War II]]. The [[North Vietnamese]], employing a very different set of strategies, built a massive warren of tunnels and then faded into [[Laos]] when the battle turned against them. |- |colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes --> |- |rowspan="2"|[[Image:DclRadicalAmerica.jpg|100px]] || "Declassified: Radical America, Left & Right" || [[February 23]], [[2006]] ||align="center"| (1.9) |- |colspan="4"| The [[United States]] was founded by [[Extremism|radicals]]--men and women who fought using [[guerrilla warfare|guerilla tactics]] against the [[United Kingdom|British]]. Nothing's changed on the edges: [[United States|America]] is still the home of radical movements, from the [[Black Panthers]] and the [[Weatherman (organization)|Weather Underground]] to the Militia movement and the [[Aryan Brotherhood]]. |- |colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes --> |- |rowspan="2"|[[Image:DclAyatollah.jpg|100px]] || "Declassified: Ayatollah Khomeini" || [[March 2]], [[2006]] ||align="center"| (1.10) |- |colspan="4"| Before the world heard of [[Osama bin Laden]], there was [[Ayatollah Khomeini]]--at the time, the most radical [[Muslim]] leader of the 20th century, who challenged the world's "[[infidels]]" in the name of [[Allah]]. |- |colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes --> |- |rowspan="2"|[[Image:DclTetOffensive.jpg|100px]] || "Declassified: The Tet Offensive" || [[March 9]], [[2006]] ||align="center"| (1.11) |- |colspan="4"| The [[Tet offensive|Tet Offensive]] in 1968 was a series of crucial battles in the [[Vietnam War]]. On [[31 January]] [[1968]], the first day of the celebration of the [[Lunar New Year]] - [[Vietnam]]'s most important holiday - the [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]] [[Communists]] launched a major offensive throughout [[South Vietnam]]. |- |colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes --> |- |rowspan="2"|[[Image:DclWWI.jpg|100px]] || "Declassified: The Secrets of WWI" || [[March 16]], [[2006]] ||align="center"| (1.12) |- |colspan="4"| This is the secret story of how [[World War I|The War To End All Wars]] was fought - and what happened when the first [[Weapons of Mass Destruction]] reached the battlefield. This is the forgotten story of the secret deals, government mistakes, and political intolerance of America’s role in World War I. |- |colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes --> |- |rowspan="2"|[[Image:DclGodfathersOfHavana.jpg|100px]] || "Declassified: Godfathers of Havana" || [[March 23]], [[2006]] ||align="center"| (1.13) |- |colspan="4"| Forty miles south of [[Miami]], [[Havana]] was a tropical paradise fueled by [[rum]], [[Cuban Rumba|rumba]] and [[gangsters]]. Havana was at the crossroads of the [[Mafia]] controlled [[narcotic]] super-highway before the [[Cuban Revolution]] took down the corrupt, [[Fulgencio Batista|Batiste]] government. |- |colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes --> |- |rowspan="2"|[[Image:DclMaoSm.jpg|100px]] || "Declassified: Chairman Mao" || [[March 30]], [[2006]] ||align="center"| (1.14) |- |colspan="4"| [[Mao]] was the 20th century's answer to [[Napoleon]]: a brilliant tactician, a political and economic theorist, and a statesman who ruled a billion people for three decades. |} ==See also== *[[Freedom of Information Act]] *[[Classified information]] ==External links== *{{imdb title|id=0770438|title=Declassified}} *[http://www.historychannel.com The History Channel] *[http://www.tenworlds.com Ten Worlds Productions] *[http://www.fbi.gov/ Federal Bureau of Investigation] *[http://foia.state.gov/SearchColls/Search.asp U.S. Dept. of State FOIA Electronic Reading Room] *[http://www.archives.gov National Archives] [[Category:American documentary television series]] [[Category:History Channel shows]] [[Category:2000s American television series]] [[Category:2004 television series debuts]]